Magazine and jstewspabeb



May 28, 1929. J. E. Wl-IYi'E ET AL 1,715,078

MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER RACK Filed Sept. 16, l926 JAMES E. WHYTE ANDDuncan Menu-LAY, or NIAGARAFAIQLS, new YORK; sAI'n MQAU'LAY ASSIGNQR TOSAID WHYTE.

MAGAZINE Ann-NEWSPAPER RACK.

[Application filed September 16, 192:6. Serial No. 135,902.

Our invention relates to improvementsin magazine and newspaper racks,and ithas for one of its objects the production of a rack of thiskind.in ,w hich magazines or newspapers may, be arranged systematicallyso that the headings or titles thereof will be displayed, the magazinesor. newspapers being loosely retained so that-theycan. be

easily'withdrawn, from the rack.

Another object of our invention .is to pro vide arack of this-kindwh ch1s simple in 1 construction, comparatively inexpensive, and

c m stored,withinastand or'taken into. a; shop which can ,beconveniently carried from. place'to place so that it can be placedoutside,

of stands or shops during business hours and after such hours. A

kind in which the individual retainer ele- .ments are constructed sothat one-is utilized a tofasten another in place. a

the retainerfele nents; in preferred form, of

' or into the-support and incidentallyser-ving to fasten one end of aan; adj acent retainer element to said-support.

1 ;With the bove and; other. objects in viewf I to-appear-;he1'einafter,the invention conmore 7 particularly pointed outin the subjoinedclaims. 1. In the; drawings,.

' I :Fig; li is a front elevation of: our;

proved rack.

Fig. 2 is a side-elevationthereof, partsof tainer .elements against the;support. 3 F

with .m'agazines inserted in the retainer 'elements. 'Fig. 4c is a oneof the retainer elements. i

Y ll igs 5 is across section taken on line 5'5,:F1g.1.

. -l igpje is a longitudinal section taken: on

li11'e (i- '6,Fig,1. o

Fig. 7 is -a' detachedperspective vlew of thehangeig which incidentallyserves to faselementftothe supporti ten ther i'ipper endof, theuppermost retainer v I accomplish this, the.retameraelement 1s powire,with theends of the wire fastenedtowhich .are brokenaway to show themanner offasten ng the upperends of certam re- Fig; 3 is a perspective?view.-.of; the rack detached perspective viewof Fig.8 is a detachedperspective view of the fastener element whereby the upper end of thesecond retainer elementis secured to the support. 1 f V Referencebeinghad tothe drawings in detail, the numeral 10 designates the support,

onwhich the retainer elements are systemat V ically arranged and towhich they are fastene'd, Thisnsupport is preferablyin the form of anarrow board along which the re tamer elements are arranged, and in theconstruction shown, representing one+em bodiment of our invention, theseretainer elements are arranged one above the other. Each of theretainer] elements, designated by the numeral 11, is formed of .wirebentto a i p providea transverse centralmember 12, at Another ob ect 1s, toprovide arack of this opposite ends of which the wires are bentforwardly, as at 13, and thence inwardly.

r forming ,a substantiallyopen loop-at the up- A still further .ObJG Ql)is to provide-a suitable support forthe rack and. to construct:

at 17 and finally forwardly, as atl8, tl1e:lat-

ter; forming the fastening portions for the retainer'elements andincidentally serving to fasten the upper end of the second )retainerelement below.

I The hanger, as best'shown 7, is formed of wire bentbetweenits ends toform,

an open loop l9, the' lowerends of the wire being directed forwardly, asat 20, fora purpose toappear hereinafter. v

. The fastener for fastening the upper end" of thesecond retainerelement to the-support or foundation is in the form of an elongatedstaple,jas clearly shownvin Fig. 8, and is designated by the numeral-21.1

The retainer elements are arranged so that one overlies anotherand theyare applied to the front of the support 10, the transverse centralmember 12 of each lying crosswisein'contact with the front face of thesupport or foundation. V

Atregular-intervalsalong the length of the support or foundation, twoparallel rows of holes 22 are provided, theholes being arranged inpairs, and through the lowermost pair of-holes 22 the forwardly,- bentportions 18 of the lowermost fastening element are passed fromthe rear,of the'support. ,To

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' sitioned so that the inwardly-bent portions 17 lie against the rearsurface of the support, while the rearwardly bent portions 16 thereoflie against the edges of said support.

portions 18 are bent downwardly against the front of the supporterfoundatio s;

In placing the lowermost retainer element in position, the upper endthereof is arranged in front of the support or foundation, with thetransverse central member support or foundation.

lying crosswise and directly beneath the third lowermost pair of holes22 in said The rearwardlybent portions '16 are somewhat longer than thethickness of the support 10, so that they reach forwardly to a plane inadvance of the frontsurface of said support and serve as rests for thenewspapers or magazines placed within the retainer, as clearly shown inFigs. 2 and 3. a

larly arranged on and fastened to the support, withthe exception thattheforwardlybent portions 18' of all retainer elements above the secondlowest have their extremities bentover the transverse central members 12of a lower retainer element, as shown at 24, thus serving to fasten theupper ends of the last-mention'ed retainer element to the support and atthe same time serving to fasten the lower end of the retainer element ofwhich it forms part, against said support.

The upper end'of the second retain-er ele mentis fastened to the supportby means of the staple 2l,'the parallel free ends of which are passedthrough the second pair of holes 22 in said support and are bent overthe transverse central member 12 of said secondv retainer element.

The upper end of the uppermost retainer element is fastened to thesupport by means of the hanger 19 which is placed against therearsurface of the sup ort andhas its loop projecting upwardly terefrom, while the extremities 20 thereof are passed throughtheuppermost pair offh'oles 22 in'the support and bent over the transversecentral member 12 of said uppermost retainer element.

The downwardly converging members 15 and the inwardlybent portions 14 ofthe wire prevent forward tippingof the news papers or magazines placedwithin the re tainer, and these downwardly converging members315, withthe open loop wire construction at the upper end thereof, form an 7 endsof the pockets.

open'pocket into which newspapers or magazines can be convenientlyplaced, the rearwardly-bent portions 16 forming rests for the newspapersor magazines at thelower l B reason of the fact that the members 15 aremade tonconverge downwardly and overlie the transverse central member 12of wardly and be nested one within the other .so that newspapers andmagazines placed The projecting ends of the forwardly-bent within saidretainer elements, or 1nore par ticularly the pockets thereof, will bedisplayed in overlapping relation, the lower-v mosthaving its front page'or cover fully exnumber of newspapers or magazines to be.

displayed within a; comparatively small I space. V

Having thus described our invention, what I we claim is 1. A rack of thekind described, comprisv ing an elongated support having a plurality ofholes formed therethrough, retainer eleoneend against one side of saidsupport and with its'other end against the opposite side thereof, saidlast mentioned end having free terminals passed through certain of saidholes and serving to fasten the first-mentioned end of another retainerielement to said support. 1 V 1 2. A rack of the kind described,comprisments formed of wire, each arranged with The remalnmg retainerelements are sinning an elongated support having'a plurality r of pairsof holes formed therethrough, re-

tainer elements formed of wire and ar- V ranged one above another onsaid "support, each retainer element having a transverse member at oneend extending across said support and free terminals at. its lower endpassed through a pairof said holes, the free terminals or certainretainer elements being bent over the transverse members of alter--nat'eretainer elements.

n 3. A rack of the kinddescribed, compris ing a supportlhaving aplurality of pairs of holestherethrough-,a series of retainer elementsarranged along said support, each re tainer element being formed ofwirebent to form a retainer pocket and a rest at the lower end of saidretainer pocket and hav-' ing free terminals at its lower end. passedthrough a pair of holesin said support-from tainer pocket including atransverse member ns 5 the rear thereof,'theupper end of said relyingagainst the front of saidsupport' and having the extremities of the freeterminal of another member bent over the same to fasten it to saidsupport.

4. A rack of the kind described, comprising an elongated supportprovided with av pair of holes near its upper end,j;retainer elementsarranged along sa d support in over-lapping relation, a loop I appliedto the rear surface of said support and extending above the upper endthereof, said loop having free terminals passedthroughl said pair ofholes and engaging the upper end of the uppermost retainer velement tofasten the same in position.

5. A rack of the kind described, compris-,

ing an elongated support having a plurality of pairs of holesformedalong the same in-spaced relation, retainer elements formed of wirehaving free terminals at their lower ends passed through certainof saidpairs of holes and being bent to hold the same in position andineidentally fasten the upper ends of certain retainer elements to saidsupport, a staple having free terminals passed throughone of said pairsof'holes I and being ,bentto fasten the upper end of one of saidretainer elements to said support, and a hanger in the form of a loophaving free terminals passed through the uppermost pair of holes in saidsupport and being bent to fasten the upper end of the uppermost retainerelement to said support.

6. Arack of the kind described, comprise ing'an elongated support havinga plurality of pairs of holes formed therethrough and arranged in spacedrelation a series ofre- I tainer elements appliedfto said support withtheir lower ends against the rear surface thereof and their upper endsagainst the front surface thereof, each of said retainer elements beingformed of a length of wire bent centrally between its ends to form atransverse central member and forwardly wardly to lie against the rearface of said I support and finally forwardly to extend through a pair ofholes in said support, the

extremities of certain of said forwardly bent portions being bent aroundthe central extending portions at opposite ends of said transversemember of another retainer ele- .ment, and means for independentlyfastening the transverse central members of the of said support. I y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' JAMES E. WHYTE.

DUNCAN McAULAY.

two uppermost retainer elements to the front

